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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishery officers in Canada have uncovered 25 serious violations of fisheries management measures as part of their work to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the North Pacific.

16th November 2022

IUU detection success

16th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Indonesian government and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have signed an agreement aimed at moving the country towards a sustainable blue economy.

16th November 2022

Sustainability renewal

16th November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific has voiced its disappointment at receiving notices from the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that it will not renew two steelhead fish farming leases in Rich Passage off…

16th November 2022

Cooke loses farm licences

16th November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New Zealand King Salmon (NZKS) has been given the green light to begin farming the first open ocean finfish site in New Zealand.

15th November 2022

NZ ocean farming first

15th November 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

India-headquartered Garware Technical Fibres Ltd has launched a new aquaculture net that protects fish farming sites from predators.

15th November 2022

Better predator prevention

15th November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The Netherlands-based insect ingredient manufacturer Protix has released comparative sustainability figures for its products following a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by the Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik (DIL eV). 

15th November 2022

Protix measures footprint

15th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Government of Indonesia, together with the World Economic Forum, has launched Ocean 20 (O20), a public-private initiative aimed at ensuring the long-term sustainability of the ocean economy.

15th November 2022

Indonesia’s pro-ocean plan

15th November 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Norwegian-headquartered farmed salmon group SalMar ASA has sent notice of layoffs to 851 employees at its processing facilities in Frøya and Senja, with the government’s proposed new salmon tax cited as the main…

14th November 2022

SalMar lays off 851

14th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total value of Alaska’s commercial salmon catch increased by US$ 77 million on 2021 to $720.4 million, according to this year’s preliminary figures published by the Alaska Department of Fish and…

14th November 2022

Alaska salmon value rises

14th November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish salmon producer Loch Duart has launched the first in a series of films focused on the company’s founding values.

14th November 2022

Loch Duart films values

14th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

For the first time ever, the EU and neighbouring countries in the Mediterranean have agreed plans to help improve environmental and economic sustainability in the region.

14th November 2022

Med management plans

14th November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

UK manufacturing outsourcing specialist PP Control & Automation (PP C&A) has confirmed it has been brought in to support the delivery of a new €11 million project that will boost the fishmeal…

11th November 2022

PP C&A lands Iceland deal

11th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Political leaders attending COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh are being called on to act decisively to mainstream good fisheries management as effective carbon management within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and UN processes.

11th November 2022

Protect oceans, COP urged

11th November 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Royal Greenland has appointed Susanne Arfelt Rajamand as its new chief executive with effect from February 2023.

11th November 2022

Royal Greenland – new CEO

11th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The creation of a new initiative that aims to support the transition to a sustainable blue economy in the European Union’s Southern Neighbourhood countries in the Mediterranean region has been announced at…

10th November 2022

Blue Med partnership

10th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Some 2.38 million tonnes of the global tuna catch is now certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fishing, according to the international non-profit organisation’s latest quarterly tuna update.

10th November 2022

47% of tuna with MSC

10th November 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A ‘chaotic situation’ created by the Norwegian government’s salmon tax proposals is to blame for the job losses says the seafood group’s chief executive.

9th November 2022

Lerøy processing cuts

9th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission is inviting feedback on a new initiative to help accelerate the energy transition of the EU fisheries and aquaculture sector.

9th November 2022

EU energy proposal

9th November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Mexican government has granted a ten-year concession for the renewal and expansion of Regal Springs’ farming operations.

9th November 2022

Mexico tilapia expansion

9th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Global action to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has intensified, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with the United Nations body noting that 100 states have now signed…

8th November 2022

IUU – a new milestone

8th November 2022